San Diego Redux - Growing with My "Baby Boy's" Famiglia
Hell hath arrived in Texas! It was time to beat the heat and visit family in San Diego. It had been 16 months since I last visited to help support my daughter-in-law while my son (my "baby boy") was deployed in the Pacific as a Navy pilot only one month after adopting two teenagers from Mexico. What a change in that time! The kids spoke great English. But what was most amazing was the lesson they gave me in living in the now with gusto! School - acing it! Surfing in the cool Pacific - Let's do it ALL Day. Tennis - Bring it on. And I got the relive my days playing guitar with my son while he fiddled away. Now with a grandson who plays guitar and a granddaughter who rapidly learning the piano. Fantastico! Does it take coming from challenging circumstances to learn to live fully? It doesn't have to. But to make that choice is inspiring.